The forest elephants of the Congo Basin are critically endangered and face extinction.
They live in Africa’s largest forest, extending over the continent’s west and central regions. Large populations are found in Gabon and the Republic of Congo and smaller groups in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Ghana, Sierra Leone and Nigeria.
But ivory poaching means their numbers have plummeted by 86% over the past three decades.
